Iglesia Ni Cristo® not bowing down Against expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo® members

Eduardo V. Manalo registering the all-Filipino church Iglesia ni Cristo® (Church of Christ) in Rome, Italy in 1997

Known for their sneaky strategy, anyone who picks a fight against the sect founded by Felix Manalo in 1914 the Iglesia Ni Cristo®, is met with bullying, coercion and oppression to pressure him/her to withdraw the case. To such desperate extent, they would mount massive paid-rallies to ensure everyone gets the message “DO NOT MESS WITH THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO®”. But who is afraid of them anyway? The lawyer of the expelled INC™ members will not be cowed even Ka Eduardo V. Manalo would face them squarely mano y mano!
Source: Inquirer.net

Iglesia counsel hits back at Angel Manalo lawyers

A COUNSEL of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) has turned the tables on the lawyers of expelled member Felix Nathaniel “Angel” Manalo, blaming them for the recent death of Manalo’s driver.

Wilfredo Santos, who also represents the INC in another case against the expelled siblings of INC executive minister Eduardo Manalo, sued Trixie Cruz Angeles and Ahmed Paglinawan for criminal negligence over the death of Benjamin Arellano Jr.

Before his death, the driver was staying with Angel at No. 36 Tandang Sora, Quezon City, where Angel and sister Lottie Hemedez had been holed up since July, when the religious group’s leadership crisis became public. The INC has a pending petition in court seeking to bar unauthorized persons from entering the property.

In a complaint filed in the city prosecutor’s office on Tuesday, Santos said Angeles and Paglinawan apparently knew as early as Oct. 17 about Arellano’s condition but did not report it to the court or other authorities.

The complaint noted that the respondents went to the compound on Oct. 17 together with two doctors, but were prevented from entering as Santos told them to first seek permission from the INC or the court.

Santos recalled: “Considering the lack of prior notice to the INC as owner of the property, the very unusual time of their visit, and the failure of the alleged doctors to present their PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) ID to prove their medical qualification, I told attorney Trixie and company that they could not enter the INC property at that time.’’

On Nov. 9, an unconscious Arellano was brought out of the compound and was later pronounced dead.

“In a span of three weeks, no attempt was made to bring Arellano to the hospital for checkup and appropriate medical treatment,” Santos said in the complaint.

“No occupant of the INC property has ever been prevented or barred from going out,” he said. “(They) did not call an ambulance when he was taken out and did not bring him to the nearest hospital.”

In an interview, Santos said he had not spoken with Arellano’s family members, who were also tightlipped about his death when approached by the Inquirer during his burial.

Angeles earlier blamed the INC leadership for denying medical attention to Arellano when it barred visitors. She said the driver collapsed and was later pronounced dead in a hospital—a narrative now disputed by Santos who said he was taken directly to a funeral home.

She deferred comment on Tuesday regarding Santos’ complaint, saying would want to see a copy first.

Gapangan sa Department of Justice (DOJ) at Court of Appeal (CA) ng mga Ministro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC™), ayon sa kanilang mga kaanib!

"[K]asama kayong mga CFD na mapapahiya sa pagsakay nniyo sa mga malisyosong paratang ng mga dinisiplinang manggagawa (Boyet Menorca) o ministro na gaya ni Isaias Samson dahil sa kanilang mga masamang gawain. Dismiss na yong kaso na isinampa ni Samson laban sa pamamahala ng Iglesia..." komento ng isang kaanib ng INC™ na pinamumunuan ng suwail na anak ng Ka Erdy Manalo na si Ka Eduardo V. Manalo (EVM).

Heto ang balitang tinutukoy niya mula sa Inq.Net

"THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the criminal complaints against the leaders of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) for lack of probable cause.

In two separate resolutions, the DOJ dismissed the separate complaints of expelled INC Minister Isaias Samson and expelled INC member Jose Fruto against the members of Sanggunian, the INC’s highest administrative body.

In dismissing Samson’s complaint, the DOJ said the “complainant failed to offer proof that he was compelled to do something against his will when he was allegedly forced by respondent to execute a written statement admitting his culpability and complicity in the Ebangelista blog.”

The DOJ added that Samson failed to present an “iota of evidence” on his allegation of intimidation and confiscation of his passport, service vehicle, laptop, mobile phone and other personal effects.

'There is nothing in the recitation of facts made by complainant which show that respondents resorted to threat, violence and intimidation when the said articles were taken allegedly upon orders of the Sanggunian,' the resolution stated..."

Ayon sa isang nagngangalang Nelson Maranan, ang pagbasura raw sa kaso laban sa mapaniil na Sanggunian ng INC™ na ipinagtatanggol ni Ka EVM, ay hindi naaayon sa batas dahil GINAPANG daw ito ng mga Ministro ng INC™ sa pangunguna ni BENDITO SANDOVAL. Narito ang kaniyang pahayag...

IPAALAM ITO SA LAHAT
BAKIT MAY GAPANGAN KUNG WALANG KASALANAN!

Benito Affleck with Gard Ener and 38 others.

KA BENDITO B. SANDOVAL tigilan nyo na po ang PANGGAGAPANG sa DOJ at CA kalat na kalat na po sa mga STATE PROSECUTORS at mga JUSTICES ang ginagamit nyo para gapangin ang mga kaso... WRIT of AMPARO po sa CA ay para kung implementahin pang HABANG BUHAY para kina Ka Lowell Menorca II Seikootsuka Menorca, Abegail Yanson at Yurie Menorca... wala pa pong CRIMINAL CASES diyan... may hearing pa sa Dec. 1.
Yang paggapang para gawing PONENTE si JUSTICE YNIGUEZ dahil sa utang na loob na naman ay nakakasira na po ng TODO sa IGLESIA ..
MAINGAY na po na si TOM CABRIDO ang nilalapitan nyo na tauhan ni BINAY...
Si TOM CABRIDO , former city councilor of PASAY CITY, senior consultant of VP Binay, SR consultant of SC Justices of CA (Court of Appeals) and SC ((Supreme Court)
BAKIT kailangang GAPANGIN kung walang KASALANAN ??? PARA ALISIN SA KASO SI EVM at ang gawin nyong SACRIFICIAL yun lang mga inutusang PULIS???
NAGTATAKA ka kung bakit alam ko at bakit may ACCESS ako para malaman??? FYI, apo ako ng isa sa MAGITING na
DATING CHIEF OF JUSTICE ng SUPREME COURT na hangga ngayon ay KINIKILALA at NIRERESPETO ng mga JUSTICES sa CA at SC...
Tandaan mo maraming MATA ang nakasubaybay sa INYO na di nyo kayang BAYARAN

Hindi naman kataka-taka ang ganitong bintang ng mga dating kaanib nila sapagkat ALAM na ALAM nila ang KALAKARAN ng kanilang mga Ministro. Sino pa ba ang magbubulatlat ng kanilang mga baho kundi sila-sila rin. Isa pa, ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® ay isang "MAKAPANGYARIHANG SEKTA" ayon sa mga mamamahayag. Malakas ang kapit sa mga kapulisan, sa hukuman at maging sa paghahanap-buhay at pananalapi. Halos pinapasok na nila lahat ang iba't ibang sektor ng pamahalaan sa pamamagitan ng pagla-LOBBY sa Pulitika. 

Hindi po "himala" ang pagkaka-dismiss ng kaso ng mga tiwalag na Ministro kung totoong ginapang ng mga Ministro ng INC™ ang pagkaka-dismiss nito.

Kahiya-hiya pero ito na marahil ang normal na kalakaran sa loob ng INC™ ni Felix Y. Manalo.

Ipagdasal na lamang nating mga Katoliko na sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga pagsubok ay malukuban sila ng Banal na Espiritu at maliwanagan upang sila'y BUMALIK sa TUNAY na IGLESIA NI CRISTO na TATAG ni CRISTO at hindi ng taong si Felix Manalo-- walang iba kundi ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA (Pasugo Abril 1966, p. 46).

Ex-INC minister's house help: Leaders force my family to lie -Rappler

Kung ang KASINUNGALINGAN ang sinasaligan ng pamunuan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo®, marapat lamang na hindi karapat-dapat na na ikabit ang pangalan ni CRISTO na Panginoon at Diyos sa kanyang pangalan sapagkat sila ay mga alagad ng KASAMAAN at KADILIMAN! Naghahari na ngayon si Satasa sa INC™ in Manalo! Panalangin sana namin na lisanin na ito bago pa man kayo mapahamak sa kasamaan nito.

Halina't bumalik na kayo sa tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo-- ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA!

Ex-INC minister's house help: Leaders force my family to lie

(2nd UPDATE [Source: Rappler]) 'Napakasakit po. Nagagalit ako sa mga Sanggunian,' says Abegail Yanson, house help of ex-INC minister Lowell Menorca, in a video obtained by Rappler

MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Abegail Yanson, the house help of former Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) minister Lowell Menorca, insisted she was not abducted by her boss as she denied the claims of her own parents.

In a video obtained by Rappler, a tearful Yanson belied claims that Menorca abducted her. She added that the INC’s Sanggunian (Council), or top leadership, is forcing her family to lie.

“Walang katotohanan na hindi ako pinapayagang umuwi,” Yanson said in the video provided by incdefenders.org. (It’s not true that I'm not allowed to go home)

Reacting to the video, INC spokesman Brother Edwil Zabala said in a text message to Rappler: "As stated earlier, we are confident that the truth shall prevail in this current controversy and that our officials will be vindicated by our judicial system. We continue to pray for all those affected by, and involved in, these cases."

Zabala added: “Mahirap na pag-usapan ito sa media dahil ang mga taong nasasangkot lalo na ay nakapagbigay na ng kanilang mga judicial affidavits sa Court of Appeals. Ang mga bagay pong ito ay sub judice na. Ang sinuman na mangangahas na gumamit ng anumang mga pahayag na kasalukuyang dinidinig ay maaaring ma-contempt."

(It is difficult to talk about this in media because the persons involved, most especially, have submitted their judicial affidavits to the Court of Appeals. These cases are now sub judice. Whoever dares to use any statement that is being heard, can be cited in contempt.)

Menorca faces a serious illegal detention complaint for supposedly prohibiting Yanson from seeing her family since being brought to Manila from Bulan, Sorsogon, last July. (READ: INC minister Lowell Menorca: The story of my kidnapping)

But Yanson said it was her own decision to stay. “Sinasabihan na po ako ni Ka Jinky [Menorca, wife of Lowell Menorca]: 'Ano Abby, uuwi ka na ba?' Pero hindi ko po kayang iwan si Ka Jinky dahil nararamdaman ko po, may mangyayaring hindi maganda sa akin o sa kay Ka Jinky kaya hindi ko po sinunod na uuwi ako. Nanatili ako sa kanila,” she said.

(Ka Jinky told me: 'Abby, are you going home?' But I couldn’t leave Ka Jinky behind because I already felt that something bad was going to happen to me or to Ka Jinky. That’s why I didn’t go home. I chose to stay with them.)

'Takot silang matiwalag'

Yanson said her family, including her parents who filed the case against Menorca, are being used by the Sanggunian. “Sana palayain na po silang… hayaan 'nyo po silang pasalitain na wala pong bantay… Masakit po para sa akin na makita ko 'yung mga magulang ko sa TV na puro kasinungalingan ang sinasabi laban sa mag-asawa,” she said.

(Let them go. Let them speak without someone guarding them. It’s painful for me to see my parents on TV spewing lies against the Menorcas.)

Yanson added: “Napakasakit po. Nagagalit ako sa mga Sanggunian. Sobrang nagagalit po ako kasi magulang ko na po 'yung hawak, kapatid ko… tapos po kung anu-ano po ang salitang pinagsasabi nila na alam nilang hindi totoo. Kaya po nila sinasabi 'yun dahil tinatakot sila. Tinatakot silang matiwalag.”

(It pains me. I am angry at the Sanggunian. I am very angry because they’re controlling my parents, my sibling… and they force them to tell these lies under threat. They’re threatening to kick them out of INC.)

“Tiwalag” is a term that refers to those expelled from the INC.

Yanson ended her video with a message to her parents and the INC's leadership.

"Ma, Pa… alam 'nyo namang hindi magagawa sa akin 'yan ng mag-asawa. Na kidnapin ako, i-detain ako, pilitin nila akong isama. Napakabait nila sa atin, sa mga kapatid, sa akin… alam 'nyo na alam ko na hindi nila kayang gawin 'yan sa akin. 'Wag kayong magpagamit, sabihin 'nyo ang totoo. Nananawagan ako sa INC, sa Sanggunian. Hayaan 'nyo po ang magulang at kapatid ko, hayaan 'nyo na silang magsalita ng katotohanan. Huwag 'nyo po sanang pilitin pa sila sa mga kasinungalingan lalo na’t hindi totoo dahil ako po mismo ang kusang sumama kay Ka Jinky, sa mag-asawa."

(Ma, Pa, you know that the Menorca couple would never do that to me – kidnap me, detain me, force me to go with them. They've been so kind to us, to our brethren, to me. You know that I know they would never harm me. Don't allow yourselves to be used, tell the truth. I call on the INC, the Sanggunian, to let my parents and sibling be. Let them speak the truth. Don't force them to lie because I chose to stay with Ka Jinky out of my own will.)

Detained minister

Menorca is among the former INC officials who were supposedly ordered detained by the local church’s top brass, over a scandal that has rocked the influential religious group. His detention was allegedly because of his criticisms of the INC’s leadership, which is being accused of pocketing the group’s funds for their own benefit.

The Menorca family – Lowell, Jinky, and other members of their household – were rescued late October after months of supposedly being held against their will inside the INC compound in Quezon City.

The Supreme Court later on issued writs of habeas corpus and amparo for Menorca, his wife, Yanson, and Yurie Keiko Otsuka.

Menorca's lawyer, Trixie Cruz Angeles, previously told the Court of Appeals that a woman, supposedly from the police's Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, had tried to force Yanson to come with her during the hour-long recess in the proceedings. Angeles said this was proof that her clients need the protection offered by a writ of amparo.

The INC's lawyer belied those claims, saying the commotion was only because Yanson's mother was stopped from approaching her daughter. Yanson herself said she did not know the woman who approached her.

The serious illegal detention case against Menorca was filed the day after Menorca faced the CA for the first hearing on the former minister's petition for writs of habeas corpus and amparo. – Rappler.com

Ex-INC™ Minister Lowell Menorca II bares it all against the notorious Sanggunian of the Iglesia Ni Cristo®

Source: Inquirer.net

The expelled minister of Iglesia ni Cristo who recently surfaced said that members of the Sanggunian, the highest administrative council of the powerful church, wanted him killed.

Facing the media on Sunday, Lowell Menorca II recounted the attempt on his life which took place in Dasmarinas City in Cavite province on July 17.

Menorca said that he was made to sit in an empty car when suddenly, a “round thing,” which was later identified as a hand grenade, was thrown inside the vehicle.

“After alighting the coaster, they made me sit in a car. They locked the door and immediately they left the scene. The driver of another car went to the backside and threw a round thing inside the car, at the backseat. I knew that it was a grenade,” Menorca said.

When the grenade did not go off, another alleged police officer was sent to kill him.

“When we were already in an isolated area, he was looking for a gun. That’s when I begged him. Sabi ko, ‘Please don’t kill me. Maawa ka na sa akin, sir. Ang katunayan po ay ministro ako ng Iglesia ni Cristo at may asawa po ako at isang anak.’ I was already crying to him. Sabi ko, ‘I am not a bad person. Huwag niyo naman po sanang hayaan na lumaki ang anak ko na walang ama,’” he said.

Menorca was able to persuade the officer not to kill him but it came with a price: he has to face a criminal charge of illegal possession of firearms.

“What was left for me to negotiate? So I said yes,” he said.

Menorca was arrested in Dasmariñas City on July 17 after allegedly threatening two construction workers with a hand grenade. He was freed on July 25 through INC lawyer Allen Blair Boy where he was subsequently brought to the INC compound in Quezon City.

Hours before the attempt on his life, Menorca and his wife were whisked away from their residence in Bulan, Sorsogon in a six-vehicle convoy after a church service on July 17. Officers from the Quezon City police were allegedly present during their abduction.

During the 17-hour travel from Sorsogon to Dasmarinas, the former minister said that he was repeatedly interrogated about a certain Antonio Ebangelista, a pseudonym of a blogger who revealed the alleged corruption inside the church’s ranks. Aside from the emotional turmoil he endured, Menorca sustained wounds from the handcuffs which cut his wrists.

“I asked them repeatedly to loosen the handcuffs because it hurt so much, my shoulders were about to fall off, my hands were bleeding. I kept on begging the police officers to even just remove my handcuffs, I’m not gonna fight them, they were all with guns.”

Lowell Menorca II (L) and wife Jinky Otsuka. INQUIRER.net

“I was begging and begging them for the life of my wife and my child. I just asked them, ‘Do whatever you want to me, just leave them alone.’ I asked them and begged them, whatever they want me to say, whatever they want me to admit, whether true or not, I will (admit it). They can shoot me if they want, they can kill me if they want, just leave my wife and my daughter alone. I asked where they were, they couldn’t give me anything, only trying to pacify me with the words saying ‘Okay lang sila,’” a sobbing Menorca said.

The officers even ridiculed him, joking that the convoy carrying his wife and daughter were intercepted by rebels.

Menorca claimed that he was detained by the members of the Sanggunian because he was being suspected to be one of the ministers who are critical of the church leadership.

“For three months we were there, for three months we were incarcerated. We were never free to go out even though they promised us, ‘Okay we can slowly introduce you to the outside world, slowly everything will be normal.’ I told them, ‘I don’t want my child growing up knowing that we are prisoners here’,” he said.

On October 21, Menorca and his family were “rescued” from an undisclosed house in Quezon City. In a video which was sent to INQUIRER.net on October 25, Menorca confirmed that they were kidnapped by the INC, saying that his statements in previous interviews were fed to him by the church leadership.

Menorca said that the order of the Supreme Court (SC) forcing INC to produce Menorca and his loved ones in court expedited his release.

The SC granted the petition of writs of amparo and habeas corpus filed by Menorca’s brother Anthony and Jungko Otsuka, the twin sister of the former minister’s wife, Jinky, on October 25.

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ABS-CBN: INC petition violates personal freedom, lawyer says

From left: Felix Manalo (founder), Eduardo V. Manalo (grandson), Angel Manalo (brother of EVM), Cristina "Ka Tenny" Manalo (widow of Eraño G. Manalo) Photo Source: Rappler

How could Eduardo V. Manalo, the present Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo® founded by their grandfather FELIX MANALO, by his conscience consents evil that’s happening to his very family? How could a "preacher" of "Christian" (if they were ever been considered Christians) love and forgiveness permits this? "Give the other cheek" (Mt. 5:39)? "Honor thy father and thy mother..." (Deut. 5:16); what happened to those beautiful verses which undoubtedly demonstrate Christian virtues? Looking back, no good son would sentence his own mother to hell just as what Eduardo V. Manalo (EVM) did to his own. I am not an expert of the Bible but I haven’t come across any of the Biblical personalities like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the prophets, sages and apostles, who admonished, sacked, insulted, convicted, or sent their mothers to hell! Not even their church founder Felix Manalo (whose mother remained and died a Catholic) nor Eraño G. Manalo ever was discourteous to their mothers. ONLY EDUARDO V. MANALO! That’s not godly! That is pure evil, ill-mannered minister undeserving of a man of God. Clearly God is already demonstrating to every member of the Iglesia Ni Cristo®, it's TIME TO LEAVE THAT CHURCH because it does not radiate any righteous qualities. The real, true, genuine, accurate Church of Christ hasn’t apostatized as Jesus (her founder) promised (Mt. 16:1618). COME HOME to his ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH! JESUS IS WAITING!

After all, the Iglesia Ni Cristo® is OWNED BY THE MANALOS, not by the Iglesia Ni Cristo® itself!

Carolyn Bonquin, ABS-CBN News

But INC lawyer Cuevas says restrictions needed to ensure security in compound

MANILA - A petition for injunction filed by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) abridges the personal freedom of Angel Manalo and Lottie Manalo-Hemedez, the Manalos' lawyer Trixie Angeles said.

The INC filed a petition on September 23, asking the court to prohibit unknown individuals from entering the premises of the INC compound in 36 Tandang Sora Avenue Quezon City where INC Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo's siblings are staying.

The petition was filed before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court after CCTV footage of people entering the compound was discovered.

INC legal counsel Atty. Serafin Cuevas Jr. said the INC deemed it necessary to petition for the restrictions to ensure the security of the occupants.

Cuevas also added that the INC may ask for the restrictions as the owner of the property.

READ: INC wants expelled members out of Manalo residence

In the hearing on the merits of the case on Tuesday, Cuevas asked for the names and pictures of all the occupants.

He also asked before the court to disallow visitors from staying in the compound overnight.

"It's their [Angel and Lottie's] right [to have visitors], you see. The only people who are not allowed visitors are people who are detained. This [petition] amounts to restriction of their personal freedom," said Angeles.

Both parties agreed to meet halfway while the case is being heard.

Included in the temporary agreement is the submission of all the occupants' names and pictures, as well as the list of all their visitors.

Meanwhile, guards will be posted in a public area outside the compound to ensure the security and to monitor the visitors.

The next hearing is set on Monday, October 5.

Here is a helpful INFOGRAPHIC from Rappler

Iglesia Ni Cristo®'s General Auditor has hactares of land in Bulacan according to an INC™ member

The Manalos, including Ka Eduardo V. Manalo's (EVM) Deafening Silence: Are they being held hostage by the Sanggunian?

The whistleblowers  aren't been heard anymore including Ka Angel and Ka Tenny, are they being held hostage within the Iglesia Ni Cristo® compound? 

How about the present Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo, why he's so silent amidst left and right controversies and allegations of massive corruption by the very people he chose as his advisers -the Sanggunian, is he also held hostage?

People are just wondering why.

DOCUMENT: Complaint vs INC leaders submitted to the Department of Justice (August 25, 2015)

Here is a copy of the complaint filed by ex-INC™ Minister Isaias Samson Jr. and his family at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in August 25, 2015 that prompted the Sanggunian to mobilize members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo® against Sec. Leila de Lima.

Final Draft Complaint-ITS

(Source: Rappler.com)

Inquirer Editorial: IGLESIA NONSENSE

INC™ SANGGUNIAN, believed to be behind all these mess (and where is Ka Eduardo V. Manalo? Why he remains silent amidst the chaos? For that it will make you think...

Iglesia Ni Cristo®'s SANGGUNIAN Members are Glicerio Santos Jr., Radel Cortez, Bienvenido Santiago Sr., Mathusalem Pareja, Rolando Esguerra, Eraño Codera, Rodelio Cabrerra and Maximo Bularan.

EDITORIAL
Inquirer.net

Iglesia nonsense

THE OFFICIAL reasons given by Iglesia ni Cristo officials and spokespersons for the protest actions that began on Thursday—first at the Department of Justice in Manila, then at the Edsa Shrine in Quezon City, and then since Saturday at the intersection of Edsa and Shaw in Mandaluyong—do not make sense. They do not stand logical or legal scrutiny. Instead, they betray the surge of panic that has overtaken some of the leaders of the influential church.

To begin, not at the beginning, but at the end: The protest organizers misunderstand the longstanding doctrine of the separation of church and state, which is the main reason they have offered to justify their collective mass action. That doctrine does not mean that offenses committed internally—that is, inside the church or within the congregation—cannot be investigated by the state; if a crime is involved, or alleged, then by definition that kind of violation is an offense against “the people,” and the state is duty-bound to investigate the matter. If evidence exists of the crime, the state must prosecute the guilty to the fullest extent, to meet the ends of justice.

The Department of Justice, the Iglesia Ni Cristo® and why the latter turned Violent and why the INC™ should be investigated!

Rally ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® sa EDSA, iniutos ng Pamamahala ng INC™ ayon sa Social Media user

Source: Iglesia Ni Santos Facebook page.

Alledged crackdown within the Iglesia Ni Cristo® rank of ministers (?)

Kasalukuyang nagkakaroon ng "Loyalty Check" sa lahat ng mga ministro sa iglesia. Tinitiktikan ang kanilang bawat galaw at hinahack ang kanilang IP address. Kaya naman walang magawa ang mga ministro kundi sumangayon na lamang sa kabaluktutan sapagkat ang bumalikwas ay tatanggalan ng pabahay at sweldo or tulong. Nangangamba ang karamihan kung saan industriya sila maaring makapasok upang makapaghanapbuhay, kung sakaling sila ay matanggal sa puwesto. Wala pa naman silang ibang ilam kundi ang mangaral ng ebanghelyo.

Dead Bodies sa Philippine Arena, di raw kinaya ng mga official security personnel ng INC™?

Totoo ba ito?

Umurong na ang Mandaragit Security Agency sa kontrata sa INC. Hindi na kinaya ng konsensya ang pagliligpit ng mga dead bodies sa Phil Arena basement. Mga security guards ay hindi narin sang-ayon sa mga nangyayari.

Source: Iglesia ni Santos

Ang Katotohanan sa Pagkatiwalag Ni Joven O. Sepillo, Sr. ​Sa iglesia Ni Cristo

Sa kabila ng pilit na PAGTATAGO at PAGTATAKIP sa mga KASINUNGALINGAN ng SANGGUNIAN ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO CENTRAL, hindi kailanman kayang patahimikin ng Katotohanan. Narito ang patunay ni G. Antonio Ebangelista mula  sa pahayag mismo ng Ka Joven Sr.

Source: PressReader

Narito po ang pahayag ni Ka Joven, isang makatotohanang salaysay na sana ay makarating sa maraming mga kapatid para sa pagkaunawa at pagka alam ng katotohanan…

Ako po si kapatid na Joven O. Sepillo, Sr. isang ministro ng ebanghelyo sa loob ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa loob ng mahigit na 29 na taon, mula nang maordenahan subalit itiniwalag ng Sanggunian kasama ng aking pamilya,​dahil​ sa hindi pagpapasakop sa Pamamahala, ayon sa isinasaad sa unang sirkular na binasa sa buong Distrito ng Leyte East noong Hulyo 25, 2015. Sinabi ko pong una, dahil may sumunod na pagbasa ng sirkular noong Hulyo 29 at 30, 2015. Ang unang pagtitiwalag ay nangyari noong hindi ko sinunod ang bilin ng Central na gumawa ng isa pang video na ang sasabihin ay idinikta na ng tagapangasiwa batay sa tagubilin ng Central. Ang ikalawang pagbasa ay noon pong tanggihan ko ang proteksiyon na iniaalok ng Sanggunian para sa aking pamilya at sa pamilya ng aking anak na si Joven Sepillo, Jr. na isang ministro rin. Marahil kung tinanggap ko po ang proteksiyon na inialok nila ay masasapatan na sila sa unang pagbasa ng sirkular ng pagtitiwalag sa amin.

Nagpasya po akong lumabas upang marinig ng mga kapatid sa buong iglesia ang panig ko dahil pinalilitaw ng Sanggunian ngayon na ako ay lumalaban sa Pamamahala at nagkakalat ng kasinungalingan sa layuning guluhin ang Iglesia. Hindi ko po gagawin iyon, kung mayroon po akong nilalabanan at hinahangad na masawata ay ang mga katiwalian na umiiral sa Iglesia ngayon. Batid ko pong hindi magugustuhan ng mga taga- Sanggunian ang paglabas kong ito. Subalit dahil sa ipinasya nila na ipaalam pa sa mas maraming kapatid na tiwalag na ako at ang aking pamilya, gayong may una nang pagbasa ng sirkular sa pagtitiwalag sa Distrito ng Leyte East na aming kinadedestinuhan, marahil ay marapat lang pong malaman ng mga kapatid lalo na ng mga nakakakilala sa amin ang tunay na dahilan kung bakit humantong kami sa ganitong kalagayan.

Ito po ang talagang nangyari.

Noon pong Hulyo ​18, ​2015 ay lumitaw sa social media ang pangalan ko na isa sa mga ministrong dinukot at hindi makita. Marami pong nakaalam nito kaya sila ay nabahala lalo na ang aming mga kamag-anak. Kinumpirma naman namin sa mga nakakakontak sa amin na ligtas kami at hindi kami nadukot. Naging palaisipan po sa aking pamilya kung bakit ako nakasama sa mga ministrong nawawala gayong tahimik lang kaming tumutupad ng tungkulin sa lokal ng San Roque at Tolosa Extension sa Distrito ng Leyte East. Sino po kaya ang may gawa nito at ano ang kanilang layunin? Noong pong Hulyo 21, 2015 ay pinagawa po ako ng video na ang sasabihin ay “I am INC.” Nakipag-cooperate po ako at ginawa ko ang video batay sa itinagubilin ni kapatid na Rommel Sanvictores ng INCTV at ipinadala po sa kaniyang email. Panatag po kami ng pamilya ko na kung maipalalabas iyon ay maglilinaw na hindi ako nadukot at hindi ako nawawala kundi nasa destino at tumutupad ng tungkulin. Pagsapit ng Hulyo 24, 2015 ay may tinanggap na naman akong tagubilin mula sa Central na gumawa ng panibagong video kasama ang mga kapatid sa lokal na ang sasabihin naman ay “kaming mga maytungkulin at mga kapatid sa lokal ng San Roque, Distrito Eklesiastiko ng Leyte East ay nagpapahayag ng puspusang pagsunod at pagpapasakop upang maligtas” at babati ng maligayang ka-101 kaarawan ng Iglesia ni Cristo. Pag-uwi ko po sa lokal ng San Roque ay dinatnan ko na ang mga kapatid na tinipon ng pangulong diakono batay sa itinagubilin ng Distrito at naroon na rin po ang ministro na kukuha ng video. Hindi po iyon araw ng pagsamba sa San Roque, palalabasin lang na ang video ay katatapos lang ng pagsamba.

Talamak na nakawan ng abuloy ng mga kaanib sa loob ng INC™ ayon sa itiniwalag na si Joe Yuson

Sobra-sobrang ABULUYAN sa Iglesia Ni Cristo® inireklamo ng isang itiniwalag na kaanib

Angel Manalo: "Kuya, kung nasaan ka man, sana magkausap na tayo. Hindi lang kaming magkakapatid kundi higit sa lahat ang ating ina. Ang Mommy, sana makausap mo na. Sabik na sabik siya." (00:13 - 00:25)

(Brother, wherever you are, I wish we could talk – not just with us, your siblings – but most of all, with our mother. She is anxious about you).

The Powerful Glicerio Santos Jr. of the Iglesia Ni Cristo®, who is he?

Part 1: Who is Glicerio Santos Jr in the Iglesia ni Cristo?

[EXCLUSIVE] The elder Eraño Manalo had advised his son Eduardo, now executive minister, to always listen to the good counsel of Santos, also known as 'Kidlat', because he was 'quick to act'

Aries C. Rufo and Reynaldo Santos Jr

Published 8:02 AM, July 30, 2015

Updated 9:27 AM, Jul 30, 2015

Rappler, MANILA, Philippines – Who is Glicerio Santos Jr and what is his role in the current feud that’s wracking the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)? Why has his name been dragged into the controversy?

Those sympathetic to the side of INC expelled minister Felix Nathaniel "Angel" Manalo and his mother Cristina "Tenny" alleged it was Santos who alienated INC executive minister Eduardo Manalo from his family.

This was supposedly part of a power play and struggle that saw several old INC officials being kicked out after the death of the former executive minister, Eraño "Ka Erdy" Manalo.

The elder Manalo was known for his austere lifestyle, resisting calls from concerned Iglesia members for him to seek medication when he got ill. INC insiders told Rappler "Ka Erdy" believed that money collected from members should not be spent by him. "Pera ng Diyos (money of God)," as he called it, was not meant for him.

Not long after Eraño’s death, the Iglesia's Sanggunian or Council under the new executive minister Eduardo underwent a purge. Eraño’s other son Angel and his wife Tenny could not do anything about it because Eduardo had already assumed the post of executive minister. The mother had not spoken with the son since then.

Only one of the 12 members survived the Sanggunian shake-up: Glicerio Santos Jr.

Entrusted

“Pinakabilin-bilinan siya ni Ka Erdy (Eraño) kay Ka Eduardo,” said one INC member. (Ka Erdy entrusted him to Ka Eduardo.)

The elder Eraño had advised his son Eduardo to always listen to the good counsel of Santos, who was also known as "Kidlat" because he was “quick to act” and was able to deliver on difficult tasks assigned to him. “If there’s an impossible task, give it to Santos,” the INC member who has contacts with church higher-ups said.

Santos was appointed treasurer and general auditor of the church’s finances. He held considerable power, but to members, he was simply known to be in charge of “pananalapi” or church funds.

Also described as a "bean counter and bureaucrat" by others who knew him, Santos, now about 76 years old, showed a willingness to "adapt to the new leadership," another INC insider said.

He eventually became more entrenched as his own son, lawyer Glicerio Santos IV, became legal counsel of the Iglesia.

Referring to the elder Santos, the other INC member said, "Everyone knows he's the number 2 guy. He is the second most powerful man in the INC." If he isn’t the second most, he is certainly among the most powerful in the governing Council or Sanggunian.

Iglesia members who want to set their church back on the right path said it was Santos who was behind the recent big-ticket projects of the Iglesia (including the grand $200-million Philippine Arena), the purchases of properties both here and abroad, including the abandoned town in South Dakota which was reportedly purchased for $700,000.

His clout extends beyond the INC. Santos wields enough influence that he was reportedly able to intercede for Ja Hoon Ku, a Korean wanted in his country for allegedly embezzling over $200 million from his company. Ja, who was a contractor for the Philippine Arena, had become an Iglesia convert.

The Korean was detained by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in January 2014 after the Korean embassy sought his arrest and deportation. But he was granted temporary liberty when Malacañang, through Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, issued an order on March 19 of the same year allowing Ja's provisional liberty – he would be free until August 31, 2014 or until his appeal was resolved..

A report by ABS-CBN said that the BI placed Ja under the custody of Santos as part of Ochoa's order. In the same order, ABS-CBN said that "Glicerio B Santos Jr, General Auditor of the INC, should be required to execute an Affidavit of Undertaking specifying that he will absolutely be responsible for Respondent's custody."

Family enterprise

For this story, we sought to interview INC spokesperson Edwil Zabala but he could not be reached. But in an earlier interview with Rappler, Zabala said Iglesia may hale to court anyone who makes false accusations against the church.

"Sa tamang lugar, sa tamang paraan, ang Iglesia haharap, sasagot kapagka mayroong ipineprisintang pruweba," he said. (The Church will face the allegations at the proper time and if there is evidence being presented.)

The INC chief has reposed his full trust and confidence in Santos bordering on blind faith such that, he may know more about the finances of the INC than the executive minister himself.

If the Manalos are considered by many as the spiritual heads of the INC, Santos and his family – based on official documents – appear to be controlling vital operations of the church.

Consider the following:

Notes about the entities mentioned above:

• Maligaya Development Corporation is the management arm of the Philippine Arena

• Felix Y. Manalo Foundation Inc (FYM Foundation) was founded on February 4, 2011, while the Subic Bay-Felix Y. Manalo Foundation Inc was established on May 7, 2012

• The F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation operates the New Era General Hospital

• Unified Livelihood and Advocacy for Development International Inc (Unlad International) is a Quezon City-based NGO that undertakes livelihood projects. It was incorporated on April 25, 2013.

• The Eraño Manalo Medical Center Inc will be behind the 11-story modern hospital that will be constructed in Ciudad de Victoria in Bulacan

Santos III and Santos IV are sons of Santos Jr, while Anita Santos is his wife.

With 3 already locked votes, they can easliy control decisions on how to run the businesses and non-profit NGOs of the INC. We have verified at least 8 entities where members of the Santos family have a presence.

Latest 2013 financial statements submitted to the SEC showed that the FYM Foundation declared P128,273,658 in fund balances, while its sister company, the Subic Bay-FYM Foundation reported P1,011,763 for the same period.

FYM Medical Foundation declared P20,956,809 in fund balances in 2013, while Unlad International registered a fund balance of P26,213,599. Based on a video posted on the INC's official website, Unlad International has set up training centers on garment manufacturing and eco-farming for INC members, and indigenous communities in various parts of the country.

Maligaya Development Corporation posted a net income of P1,482,599 for 2013. New Era last submitted a financial statement in 2008, when it declared a fund balance of P172,786,318.

But the listings indicate the involvement of the Santoses only in local corporations and foundations. There are more. – with Chay F. Hofileña/Rappler.com

To be concluded